It has been a few months since KIA of Carlsbad found air in my brake lines and corrected the noise issue that KIA of Escondido could not find, week after week for weeks.
Unfortunately there are still many issues popping up with this 2015 KIA Optima Hybrid and I am unsure of what I should do because I am under a Lease and the lease had a clause they did not cover with me until after the fact, which is: If the car is returned then every mile after 10,000 miles will be added onto the bill a certain amount of money per mile. I'm almost at 30,000 miles so I would be tacking on a few thousand more dollars onto my current bill.
When I first encountered this clause, the day after buying the car, I returned to the lot and talked to my salesman who promised and assured me that KIA has never enforced that clause and will not in my instance either if I were to return the car. I told him I wasn't clear about this clause when I signed the contract and if we could redo the contract and he assured and promised me that the clause will not be enforced.
I will be going into KIA of Carlsbad to inquire about swapping this 2015 KIA Optima Hybrid for one that is actually new and does not have so many continuing problems, especially considering I've been paying $430.00 a month for over 6 months for something that has been driving me out of my mind and possibly risking my safety.
Below are other issues that have arisen in the past months and continue to plague my life.
BRAKE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES AND HISSING
While I was working on day a month or so ago, I came to a red light and as I pressed on my brake the brake began to convulse and shake upon my feet. The car came to a stop and a soft hissing noise began emitting from down below where my foot was on the brake. The light turned green and I drove, the hissing stayed. The next red light, again pressing on the brake, the whole brake lever convulses upon my foot and anxiety immediately floods over me. I had 3 hours left in my shift, this could not be happening. After about 30 minutes of my brakes convulsing upon my feet at each red light, I called Matt at KIA of Carlsbad to schedule an appointment and notify of the situation. After hanging up with Matt, out of frustration, I slammed on my brakes while going about 25 miles per hour.
The brakes returned to normal. No more hissing, no more seizing and convulsing.
The brakes have not had a similar incident since.
What the hell.
ELECTRIC SHOCKS DAILY
Yes. My roommate and I are shocked on a daily basis from this car. Painful shocks to static electricity shocks. Every single day, multiple times a day I am shocked getting out of my car and sometimes even getting into my car and my passenger has the same issue. Static electricity would make sense if not for the fact that I also get shocked getting into my car.
REVERSE DOES NOT ALWAYS REVERSE IMMEDIATELY
Everyday when I get home after my 10 hour workday I back into my carport spot. Every single day, when I pull forward and then put my car into reverse and then take my foot from the brake to the accelerator, pressing downward to reverse.... my car will roll forward almost 5 feet before reverse kicks in. This happens EVERYDAY when I get home. I have hit the curb that is five feet in front of my car many times from this.
RADIO CONTINUES TO RESET
The radio still resets itself almost on a daily basis. I will be in the middle of a song, perhaps even singing it, then the radio shuts off.... begins loading and reboots.
CREAKS AND METAL GRINDINGS NOISES IN LEFT FRONT AREA OF CAR
Lately when driving I encounter the very grinding, crunching, almost metal breaking noise in my cars front area when sometimes going over speed bumps or dips. It makes my skin crawl every time it happens.
AIR CONDITIONING SOMETIMES REQUIRES LOW SETTING IN ORDER TO GET COLD
There has been numerous days where I have turned on my air conditioning and it will not get cold. I put the temperature down to 70 degrees and it is still warm. The car will remain on and running for a good 30 minutes and no change in temperature. I have to turn the temperature down to Lo in order to get any cold temperature.
